#373 - Ed Begley Jr on TO THE TEMPLE OF TRANQUILITY...AND STEP ON IT!

Actor & environmentalist Ed Begley Jr chats with Trey Elling about his new memoir, TO THE TEMPLE OF TRANQUILITY...AND STEP ON IT! Topics include: Carrie Fisher's influence on this book (0:00) What Ed Begley Sr was like as a dad (1:37) Smoking a joint with Charles Manson (2:44) Doing standup with Michael Richards at the Comedy Store in its first week (4:36) How a cop routine got him into trouble (6:10) Having John Lennon fanboy on Ed (9:49) Working for Norman Lear in the 1970s (11:20) Endearing himself to Richard Pryor while filming Blue Collar (12:28) How Jack Nicholson helped him as an actor when making Goin' South (13:50) Recognizing the good fortune he was born into (16:24) How St. Elsewhere improved him as an actor (18:19) Hosting SNL in 1984 (20:43) Ed's Larry David story (22:57) Having to squash Marlon Brando's dream (24:25) Bruno Kirby's influence on Ed as a person (27:25) How Christopher Guest saved his career (28:58) Working on Arrested Development (30:58) Living with Parkinson's Disease (32:51) Why the phrase "This is It" means so much (34:56)